Special Education Department
Patrick Sweeney
Superintendent
Malisa Burkhart
Executive Director
Napa Valley Unified School District Intern Trainee Packet 2016/2017
Welcome,
Napa Valley Unified School District is looking forward to your voluntary participation in providing
students with an opportunity to access therapeutic support, increase coping skills, and learn
interventions that will enhance the educational goals, and life experience of our students.
Presenting Problems experienced by students:
Stress relative to family situational stressors of finance, health issues, divorce, and psychological
issues that challenge wellbeing, and academic progress.
The NVUSD Intern Trainee Program is an opportunity to provide a frame-work for students on
campus. The frame-work may also include out-reach to other disciplines, in support of our students
such as out-reach to family, school staff, peer, other treating professionals, and community agencies
when appropriate.
If selected, you will maintain a caseload over a ten-month position during the 2015-2016 school
year beginning with 3 consecutive days of training from August 17, 2015, ending June 9, 2016. We
are requesting a ten month school year commitment of 2 days per week. If you would like to be
considered to add additional days beyond the required 2 days please address this in your letter of
interest.
With appreciation,
Mike Coughlin
Lorraine Crockford, MA., LMFT
Coordinator Special Programs Mental Health Clinician
2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94558 | 707-253-6865
Pam Walton, MS., LMFT
Mental Health Clinician
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Interview Process:
(1A) Please prepare a letter of interest along with your resume, address, email, inclusive of a letter of
recommendation from an academic professor, therapist or past supervisor. In addition please describe on 1 to 2 pages
double-spaced what influenced you in choosing your educational path, and future profession. (This will help us get to
know you).
(2A) If requested, and you agree to a final interview please be prepared to speak to the attached interview
questions during the final interview process on Page 7 of this packet.
Interview Dates/Times:
Initial Interview: Contact Lorraine Crockford, MA., LMFT., @ 707-501-8737 to set up an initial interview.
Bring the above requested (1A) information. A time for your interview will be arranged with a second and
final site interview shortly after.
Final Site Interview:
A panel may consist of the following school staff :
Michael Coughlin, Coordinator Special Programs, NVUSD.
Lorraine Crockford, MA., LMFT. Mental Health Clinician: Special Education, NVUSD.
Pam Walton, MS., LMFT. Mental Health Clinician: Special Education, NVUSD.
School Counselor: NVUSD.
School Psychologist: NVUSD
School Administrator: NVUSD.
Liability Insurance:
We request you sign up for your own Liability Insurance. One Liability Insurance Company is listed below for your
consideration. Please note this is for your convenience. You are encouraged to explore Insurance Provider’s and decide
on which company will best serve your needs. Currently CAMFT provides free liability Insurance for students. A copy
of your Liability Insurance is requested for your file.
Please explore other providers on your own
CPH & Associates
711 South Dearborn Street
Suite 205
Chicago, IL 60605
Telephone: 312-987-9823 or 800-875-1911
Fax: 312-987-0902
CAMFT Membership:
We request that you join CAMFT; California Association of Marriage Family Counselors. This is a request to enhance
your professional growth, and experience but not mandatory.
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NVUSD Human Resource HR Process:
(Finger Prints, TB. Test, Badge, and Parking).
If a volunteer trainee, or intern position is offered, you will be asked to contact NVUSD HR to present a
negative TB. Test from your physician. You will also pick up a Finger Print Form. (Currently fingerprints
are paid by the trainee/intern). You can take this form to the following agencies to be processed:
Napa County Sheriff's Office
1535 Airport Blvd
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: (707) 253-4440
Napa Police Department
1539 First St
Napa, CA 94559
Phone: (707) 257-9550
If accepted, Fingerprints are approved, and your negative TB Test submitted; you will need to return to
Human Resources for a Parking Pass, and directions to acquire your NVUSD Badge. NVUSD requires you
wear your badge at all times when in the capacity of your volunteer Intern Traineeship.
(Please notify your supervisor immediately if you lose your badge).
Required By NVUSD Human Resources:
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Current TB. TEST
Finger Prints
Signed contract with the understanding that the Traineeship is a Volunteer Position.
(The signed contract will be signed with your supervisor).
Program Frame Work:
Placement is located on several school-sites for a minimum of a 2-Day commitment. The program is
currently located in the following school based sites: High School, Alternative High School, Middle School
and Elementary.
A caseload is developed with the assistance of the site’s School Counselor, and/or School Psychologist based
upon an identified clinical need.
If selected, you will maintain a caseload over a ten-month position during the 20116-2017 school year. We
are requesting a ten-month school year commitment 2 days per week. Again if you would like to add
additional days beyond the required 2 days please notify us in your interview.
Initial Training: 2016/2017: August 17,18, and 19. 9:00AM to 3:00PM: Location will be confirmed
prior.
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Crisis/Suicide/Harm to other/Protocol
Child Abuse Reporting
Development of Diagnosis
Development of Assessment related to presenting Diagnosis
Development of Goals, Treatment planning, Interventions, Objectives.
Progress notes Confidentiality/Consent And Release of Information
Evidenced Based Outcomes
Case presentation
Training:
Trainings are mandatory for the Intern Trainee. They are provided on Wednesday’s and include several
practitioner trainings from the Napa Community. The trainings are open to School Psychologist’s, nurses and
social workers and councilors. They are created to be informal supporting a collegial atmosphere for clinical
discussion, and case presentation.
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Training 2016/2017
Creating Safety In the Clinical Relationship
Crisis/Suicide/Homicide/Child Abuse Reporting
Diagnostic DSM V
Treatment Planning
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Mindfulness & Mindful Schools Training
Progressive Relaxation
Social Justice & Diversity
Grief And Loss/Kubler Ross
Medication Management
Substance Abuse And Co-Occurring Disorders
School Wide support strategies
Conflict Resolution/Anger
Community Resources
Coordination with other Scope of Practices
For educational purposes we will notify you of free trainings within the community:
(Community Trainings are optional and are for the benefit of your educational interest).
The Napa Parent Infant & Child Institute:
Napa County Health and Human Services:
Various trainings.
Referral to Research Articles
Psychotherapy.net Video Library
Becoming a Therapist: Inside the Learning Curve
Legal & Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals: VOL I.
Legal & Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals: VOL II.
Clinical Interviewing
The therapeutic Relationship
What works in Psychotherapy?
Connecting with our kids
Art Therapy has many faces
Counseling & Psychotherapy Theories
Making Child Therapy Work
Child Therapy with The Experts Adlerian Parent Consult
Child Therapy with The Experts Adlerian Play Therapy
Child Therapy with The Experts Adolescent Family Therapy
Child Therapy with The Experts Cognitive Behavioral Child Therapy
Child Therapy with The Experts Gestalt Therapy With Children
Child Therapy with The Experts Narrative Therapy With Children
Child Therapy with The Experts Object Relations Child Therapy
Child Therapy with The Experts Person Centered Child Therapy
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Child Therapy with The Experts Psychotherapy With Medically ILL Children
Child Therapy with The Experts Reality Therapy With Children
Child Therapy with The Experts Solution Focused Child Therapy
ADHD In The Classroom: Assessment & Intervention
ADHD In The Classroom: Interventions
ACT -Cognitive Diffusion
ACT-Control & Acceptance
ACT-Facing The Struggle
ACT-Mindfulness, Self & Contact With The Present Moment
ACT-Psychological Flexibility
ACT-Values & Actions
Motivational Interviewing-Series-Building Confidence
Motivational Interviewing-Series-Core Concepts
Motivational Interviewing-Series-Increasing Importance in MI
Motivational Interviewing-Series-Resolving Ambivalence
The Healing Power of Mindfulness Parenting
Mind body Therapy
Perspectives in Behavior Therapy: Harm Reduction for Substance Abuse
A Cognitive Behavioral Perspective on Aggression
Assessment for Bi-polar Disorder
Coming Out
Group Counseling Child/Adolescent Series
Harnessing The Power of Genograms
PTSD In Children
Resolving Trauma in Therapy
Virginia Satir: Of Rocks & Flowers Dealing with The Abuse of Children.
Virginia Satir: The Essence of Change
Suicide & Self-Harm
The Legacy of Unresolved Loss
Death Dying & Grief In Psychotherapy Volume I. A brief Psychodynamic Treatment
Death Dying & Grief In Psychotherapy Volume II. Hospital Consultation With Medically Ill
Patients.
Supervision:
All group supervision is on Wednesdays: 1:30PM to 4:30PM. Supervision is provided by Lorraine Crockford, MA.,
LMFT, and Pam Walton, MS., LMFT. (1) Hour Individual and (2.0) hours of Group Supervision weekly. Training is
provided prior to ALL group supervision. Time Logs are signed in Individual Supervision.
Weekly Schedule:
We are requesting a Ten Month commitment beginning August 17, 2016 ending June 5, 2017.
A weekly schedule will be available after time of final interview. A school calendar is available on the
NVUSD website under Students/Parent Information. The calendar will give you an idea of the schedule for
holidays, minimum days, early release, and professional dates so you can plan accordingly.
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Treatment Modality on School Site:
Individual:
Individual Sessions
Group:
Group Sessions of 6 Students
Trainee Hours:
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Per the BBS the current maximum number of hours a person can earn while a Trainee is no more
than 1,300 hours of the following:
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Counseling and Supervision Hours (Max 750 hrs)
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Administering and Evaluating Psychological Tests. Writing Clinical Reports, Writing Progress or
Process Notes (Max 250 hrs)
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Workshops, Seminars, Training Sessions or Conferences (Max 250 hrs)
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Client Centered Advocacy
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Personal Psychotherapy Received (Max 100 hrs triple counted as 300) Statutes and Regulations
cited: B&P Code Section 4980.43
Please verify with your University the Specific hour requirements and categories that meet the required
hours for your practicum. In addition we recommend you stay updated on all changes per your licensure
scope of intern requirements. For further information and current updates on licensure please contact:
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. www.bbs.gov
Our regular school year is based upon 10 months of service beginning in August and ending in June.
(Including School Vacations). If you miss a supervision time, you will not be able to count those hours. We
will try to be flexible to re-arrange a supervision hour, however we may not be able to accommodate you.
School Daily Schedule
We follow a Bell Schedule and a typical day will follow the time of the particular school schedule.
Please note you will be given a “Bell Schedule” for your particular School Site. Your supervisor will discuss
how you will schedule seeing students assigned to you. There are early release days typically on
Wednesdays.
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Interview Questions:
Please describe why you have chosen to undertake the profession of counseling psychology?
Can you provide us with some insight into your interest of working with children and adolescents?
Can you speak about your undergraduate experience and other experiences you feel are
valuable in providing therapy?
Please describe what counseling model you are interested in?
What skills sets do you have in working with our students? What skill sets are you looking to attain?
Enhance?
Why are you interested in working with Napa Valley Unified School District and this particular traineeship?
As part of your final interview we will provide you with an opportunity to respond to two vignettes’s related
to issues our students may present with in treatment. We will ask you to how you would proceed clinically
regarding your response to the vignette.
If accepted into the program your responses will be helpful to determine the direction we take in the initial
training process.
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NVUSD Supervisee Informed Consent (Example).
We will require you to sign a contract with your supervisor:
The following information is designed to help you to understand the policies, procedures, and responsibilities of this
traineeship/internship position. Please keep a copy for your reference so that there are no misunderstandings between
us regarding policies, procedures, and responsibilities involved in this traineeship/internship position.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I was licensed by the BBS on this date: 01/31/2005. I have sufficient
experience and training to supervise. I have completed the appropriate coursework to supervise both marriage and
family therapy trainees/interns and clinical social work associates, and continue to take all required continuing
education relevant to my supervisory status. My license is current and in good standing with the board. All supervision
you receive will be in accordance with in Title 16, California Code of Regulations, Sections 1833 & 1833.1.
Your internship will include 1 hour of individual supervision per week, and 2.5 hours of group supervision including
training allowing you to see an average of up to 10 clients in traineeship or more clients per week if you have a current
BBS Intern Number. If for any reason your caseload exceeds the number of clients, I am willing to provide the extra
supervision necessary in order to assure all the hours that you obtain will count toward licensure. If you cannot attend
supervision one week at our regular designated time, I will make a reasonable attempt to offer you an alternative time.
If no alternative time can be worked out, or no advance notice is given, then any hours accrued in that week will not
count. If you have been hired “at will” (as is allowed in California), you have been hired by mutual agreement, and your
internship can be terminated by either party “at will.” If there is any reason for me to terminate your
traineeship/internship, you will be given 1 (one) week’s notice and feedback about your performance. In such a case, I
will sign for all actual hours performed by you, through the end of your final week of volunteer training as my
supervisee. It is your responsibility to maintain copies of your hour’s sheets and provide them regularly for supervision.
We prefer to sign hour’s sheets in weekly individual supervision. In order to ensure accuracy, please do not bring
multiple weeks to be signed at one time.
When working with your clients/patients, you are required to identify yourself as a trainee and/or intern under my
supervision. If you have difficulty explaining your role as a trainee or intern, notify me so that we can work this out
together as a supervisory issue.
I will monitor your work through weekly supervision of your cases, progress notes, and occasional audio of sessions. I
may even sit in on a session in order to understand a case more fully. I will give you advance notice when these
procedures are planned, and your client will always have the final say as to whether or not s/he agrees to be observed.
Most of my interns have found direct supervision rewarding and helpful. Case notes are to be kept current at all times.
Record your process notes at the end of each session or day of sessions. Process notes should include information about
the client’s presentation in session, affect, and material discussed. Notes should document clinical observations,
interventions, and progress toward clinical goals. (We will review assessment, treatment planning and, note taking).
After the first three to four sessions an assessment and treatment plan should be completed. Your treatment plan should
be updated every three months. At the end of treatment, a termination form with progress toward goals and further
treatment recommendations should be completed. Keep copies of client intake forms, all releases, test results, letters,
informed consent, and other client documents. All files must be kept at the counseling center at all times. Do not take
files home. Files are the property of NVUSD and will remain with NVUSD at the end of your trainee/internship. If
your client/patient goes with you to another location, the client may sign a release to have a copy of his/her file. The
original will stay here.
Maintaining confidentiality is both a legal and ethical responsibility for all clinicians. All information obtained in the
therapeutic setting must be kept confidential except when a disclosure is mandated or permitted by law. The file
cabinet where client/patient files are kept should always remain locked. You should not discuss cases outside of
supervision, and no conversations for the purpose of consultation should take place with other interns or therapists in
any public settings, i.e. office bathrooms or hallways. Answering machine messages should be played at a low volume.
Message pads should be kept locked in the client file cabinet. A shredder is available next in my office for any
documents that include confidential information, such as patient names and phone numbers. If anyone attempts to
discover the identity of your clients or the clients of any other employees or counselors, explain that information about
the identity of clients is confidential and that you cannot confirm or deny any information. Privilege is the legal right
not to have confidential information revealed in a court proceeding. It is our duty to maintain the privilege of our
clients unless the client waives it, or if a court orders us to produce information.
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If you receive a call from an attorney or if you receive a subpoena or other court document, take no action without first
discussing the matter with me; and do not reveal the identity of any of your clients. If anyone attempts to discover the
identity of your clients, explain that information about the identity of our clients is confidential and privileged and that
you cannot confirm or deny any information. We are mandated reporters of child, dependent adult, and elder abuse. If
you have knowledge of reasonable suspicion of abuse, it is your responsibility to notify the appropriate authority as
soon as possible. If you are not sure whether to report, check with me as soon as possible. If you believe the
information you have received is not reportable, check with me as soon as possible. Whenever you are faced with a
situation in which it is necessary to break a client’s confidentiality, please check with me as soon as possible. Use the
following number to contact me. 707-501-8737. We will train you on emergency protocol. We are also mandated to
make Tarasoff warnings when necessary. If you believe your client presents an immediate danger to a specific person,
then you must notify that person, and the police. Contact me as soon as possible, and before taking any action. If I
cannot be reached, you will follow the directions regarding emergency protocol.
Clients should be regularly monitored, and evaluated for danger to themselves or others. If a client presents a danger,
attempt to intervene in a way that does not break confidentiality.
If you need to break confidentiality, try to first check with me. Clients who are a possible danger to themselves or
others should always be brought up in supervision so that we can adequately monitor those cases. In order for
psychotherapy to be beneficial to our clients, it is important to maintain the integrity of the therapeutic relationship.
Dual relationships, acting in two separate roles with a client, need to be avoided. For example, it is unethical to be your
client’s therapist, and piano teacher. Bartering and/or paying a client for their professional services also compromise
the therapeutic relationship and should be avoided. Do not utilize any client services, from accounting advice, dental
work, stock tips, mechanical repair, Avon purchases, etc. All of these situations run the risk of obscuring professional
judgment or exploiting the client, and must be avoided.
It is the policy of this placement to decline gifts. Accepting gifts can create misunderstandings with some clients, so it
is best to avoid accepting any gifts. If a client brings you a gift, explain the policy, politely thank them, and process
their reason for bringing the gift. You can also review this policy in the first session along with your consent to
treatment, and identification of your traineeship standing.
Sexual contact or sexualized conduct with clients is illegal and unethical. It is never acceptable to engage in a sexual
relationship with a client. Any sexual fantasies or sexual advances on the part of the client need to be reported to me
right away, so that we can manage the situation appropriately. If you notice yourself becoming attracted to a client, or
having fantasies about him/her, alert me so that we can work to manage the counter-transference in a legal, ethical, and
professional manner.
We require that you take out your own individual policy. If you do not already have such insurance, let me know and I
will give you ideas about where you can call to obtain appropriate information. CAMFT is providing free Liability
Insurance in their student membership. One of my goals as your supervisor is to be accessible and available and to help
you to feel comfortable asking any questions you might have. I will make myself available to you any time, day or
night, for emergencies and crisis situations. I ask that non-emergencies be reserved for supervision. Supervision is
generally the best time to talk to me because you will have my undivided attention. I look forward to our work together
and expect both of us to learn and benefit from our professional association. I have read, understand, and agree to the
policies and procedures.
This document is an example of the supervisory consent form to be signed by you, and your supervisor.
Thank you for your interest in our program.
NVUSD Intern-Trainee Program
Lorraine Crockford, MA., LMFT.
Licensed Mental Health Clinician & Supervisor
License: 41539 Phone: 707-501-8737
2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94558 | 707-253-6865
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